Ling Kang (, born 14 March 1997) is a Chinese racing driver.

Career

Karting

Ling began

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in 2010 and raced in Asia for the majority of his career, winning 2012 Asian Karting Championship x30 Senior class. Other highlights in his karting career include; a 4th-place finish in the 2010 KF3 Asia-Pacific Championship and 28th position in 2012 KF1 CIK-FIA World Karting Championship, scoring 6 points. He ended his karting career in 2012 and moved into single-seaters in 2013.

French F4 Championship

Ling made the step up into single-seaters in 2013, participating in the 2013 French F4 Championship, he scored 4 points, all of which came at the third round in

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Formula Renault 2.0 Alps

In 2014, Ling signed for the

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team to race in the 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship, but left mid-season after scoring no points.

GP3 Series

Ling joined the

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team in the

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for the final round of the season in the

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in Abu Dhabi. He replaced

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in car number 23, and became the eleventh driver to race for the team that season.

FIA European Formula 3 Championship

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, Ling will graduate to the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, joining

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Euroformula Open Championship

After being dropped halfway through the

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for poor results, his seat was taken by

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. Making guest appearances, Ling joined

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for the final two rounds of the

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championship at

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and the

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, achieving a best result of twelfth position. As a guest driver Ling was unable to score points.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Ling was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP3 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ling, Kang 1997 births Living people Chinese racing drivers People from Changzhou Sportspeople from Jiangsu British Formula Three Championship drivers GP3 Series drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers International GT Open drivers F3 Asian Championship drivers French F4 Championship drivers Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers Auto Sport Academy drivers Koiranen GP drivers Trident Racing drivers Mücke Motorsport drivers Ombra Racing drivers Euronova Racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Chinese F4 Championship drivers BlackArts Racing drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Asia drivers Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Italy drivers FIA Motorsport Games drivers